Among the food, fun and festivities at Essence Festival, the event also brought mayors together to discuss serious issues that communities across the country are facing.
The Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans is wrapping up after four days of music, fashion, food and fun.
A meeting of the minds, as five of the nation's mayors gathered for a discussion at the Global Black Economic Forum at Essence Festival. "I am very worried about us repeating something that happened in the 90s, and that is the criminalization of Black folk. In the 90s, folks were criminalized because of crack, my worry now is that people will be criminalized because they're living on the streets," said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
"Oh my goodness. It was huge," said Marissa Allen. "We were so lucky because our business was still in an early stage and we were able to apply so much of the knowledge we learned in that program."
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